The Committee on Earth Observation Satellites

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) The Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
Data and Access Subgroups May 2002

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CURRENT NUMBER OF IMAGES

• Declassified Intelligence Satellite Photography
  945,807 Images
• AVHRR 265,571 Images
• MSS 640,970 Images
• TM 487,881 Images
• ETM 231,172 Images
• As of 4/02/02

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SPOT UPDATE

• Letter of Agreement Signed 12/98
• 6,000 HDTs (700,000 scenes) transferred to EDC
  FY00 - FY01
• SPOT 1-3 Transcription System Operational at
  EDC 10/00
• SPOT 1-3 Transcription Process Completed 01/02
• Total SPOT Scenes Harvested 943,759
• SPOT 1-3 Production System Operational 03/02
• USGS Planned to Distribute to U.S. Government and
  Affiliated Users
• SPOT IMAGE Negotiated an Agreement with Digital
  Globe for Distribution Rights to DoD and USDA
• USGS is evaluating SPOT Distribution

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WIDE BAND VIDEO TAPE UPDATE

• Rescue Landsat 1-3 MSS Data From 1972 - 1979
• 22,037 Wide Band Tapes Rescued
• NASA Seed Money Kick Started Project in FY1998
• Operational April of 1999
• Conversion Stats
• 22,037 Tapes Processed
• 203,416 Scenes Retrieved
• 13,230 New Scenes
• All successfully rescued MSS scenes are
  searchable,viewable and orderable through Earth
  Explorer
• As of 5/01/02

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Earth Explorer

• Monthly Averages
• 44,700 Logins (17,000 Guests)
• 76,700 Searches
• 1,260,000 Results
• 2,200 Orders
• 80 Countries
• 24 Data Inventories
• 6 Different User Profiles

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Earth Explorer Development

• Web Mapping Integration/Evaluation Ongoing
• SPOT Availability under evaluation
• Next Release of Declassified Imagery
• GLIS Retirement TBD

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Web Services

• The National Map
• Provide the best available, current geospatial
  data via the Internet
• Most current benchmark is 7 days
• Best available depends on State and Local
  providers
• Government and Industry

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The National Map

• Framework Layers
• Orthoimagery
• Elevation
• Hydrography
• Structures
• Transportation
• Boundaries
• Names

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The National Map

• Orthoimagery
• Digital Orthophotoqaud (DOQ)
• Landsat
• Other imagery
• Elevation
• National Elevation Data
• SRTM
• Hydrography
• National Hydrologic Dataset

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The National Map

• Names
• Geographic Names Information System
• Structures
• TBD
• Boundaries
• Census
• Transportation
• Industry/Local

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The National Map

• Primary Implementation Issues
• Homeland security
• Interagency Agreements
• Chaining Web Services
• Web Map Service
• gisdata.usgs.net
• Mirror - ESRI Geography Network
• Web Coverage Service
• Seamless Data Distribution System